> HN readers are self selected high cognitive ability people. Tech literate maybe, but if we judge from the deplorable quality content of the front page the pa

> HN readers are self selected high cognitive ability people. Tech literate maybe, but if we judge from the deplorable quality content of the front page the past 1.5 year... Unless editorialized titles and 2500-word essays on CRUD are what high cognitive ability people are into now! I am aware there are exceptions to this, which is the reason I joined the site, but I've become disappointed over time to see that they are indeed a minority.